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Average valueActiveHuckleberry Bucks · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Huckleberry Bucks: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 6:21 AM
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 6:21 AM
Huckleberry Bucks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 2 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 3.59
odds of any win
2 of 2
$50K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 1k of 551k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 153,007 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,785 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.14 · 62.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.26 · 5.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
152,989 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
551k
tickets printed
1k
tickets claimed · 0%
550k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Idaho Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 ID peers
#2 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 6:21 AM.
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